It’s been 14 hours so there definitely no auto filter. It’s kind of a testament to the moderating here that I’ve been on hacker news for 6+ years and never once have I tried to use a slur.

I can read it, so it's not even (yet) shadowbanned.

I don't think it will get shadowbanned if it hasn't already got shadowbanned:P

Or the people who manually moderate HackerNews just haven't gotten to it yet.